Clinical stove



Julie v18, 1929.-

F. 1 wHmNG CLINICAL STOVE Filed Jan. 13, 1928 Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLINICAL saoVE.

Application filed January 13, 1928.

The present invention relates to clinical apparatus and has for an objectptoprovide an improved clinical stove designed more particularly for heating anesthetics which require heating before use, such, for example, as

novocaine.

rlhe present invention provides a stove particularly adapted for clinical use and designed to facilitate the simultaneous preparation of a number of charges of anesthetic in separate containers and under safely sterile conditions.

The nature and objects of the invention will be better understood from a description of a particular illustrative embodiment for the purpose of which description reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof and in which- Figure 1 is a central section view of a live burner stove embodying the invention, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

The structure shown for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention comprises a base consisting of a shell 5 which r preferably is made of stainless steel or other suitable non-corrosive material with a number of Bunsen burners 6 and 7, mounted therein, together with a frame comprising two parallel bars 8. supported from the base as by means of end brackets 9. The base is stilfrom side to side thereof and form supports for gas pipes 11 and 12v which supply th burners 6 and 7 respectively. y

Thev burners lit closely but removably in suitable washers 13 in apertures in the base and are rigidly carried on their respective gas supply pipes. Upon removal of the cross-bars 10 the burners and connected gas pipes can be removed, as one unit, for cleaning. The three burners 6 supplied with gas from the pipe 11 are designed for heating small individual cups of local. anesthetic and the burners 7 for heating sterilizing Cupssuch as indicated at 15.

The supporting` bars 8 are bent at one end to form seats for two sterilizing cups, such as indicated at 15, for sterilizing needles and toened by suitable cross bars 10, which extend p Serial No. 246,626.

ward the Opposite end they are connected by cross bars 17 which cooperate to form seats for three small anesthetic cups, such as the one indicated at 18 in Fig. 1. The gas supplied to the anesthetic cups may conveniently be regulated by a valve 20, While the gas supplied to the sterilizing cups is regulated by lindividual cups with suitable burners therebeneath for heating separate quantities of anesthetic together with a plurality of sterilizing cups and burners therebeneath whereby the anesthetic may be heated in small quantities for individual patients or in larger quantities for any number of patients.

The foregoing description of a particular apparatus is illustrative merely and is not intended as defining the limits of the invention.

I claim:

A clinical stove having a flat rectangular sheet ymetal base with down-turned edges, a row of Bunsen burners secured to said base and projecting upwardly through apertures therein, piping connected to saidlburners and concealed in said base, a frame secured to the four corners of said base and comprising a pair of generally parallel bars extending the length of the base and spaced above the burners, said bars being bowed outwardly from each other toward one end tok form a seat therebetween to. receive a sterilizing cup and cross-bars connecting the parallel bars toward their other end and spaced to form seats for novocaine cups, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have 'signed my name to this specification this` siXth day of January, 1928.

FREDERICK L. WHITING. 

